Marcel Hanriot, first pilot to be sprung during the great week of aviation of Rouen, Friday 17 1910
worms 18h00, on a monoplane Hanriot IV built by his father. He is the youngest licensed pilot of France and the youngest aviator of
Europe, undoubtedly of the world. (Collection of M-H Clerget)

"Marcel Hanriot was born in Champlitte in High Savoy, June 8, 1894. When he is still child, his/her
father Rene Hanriot acquires the celebrity by victories in the races of car. In 1903, whereas his/her father disputes the race Paris ­
Madrid, the young person Hanriot (which is only 9 years old) spends the night to beautiful star, between Versailles and Choisy-the-King,
to attend the passage of his father. But after a few kilometers of road, the race is finished for Rene Hanriot, " a group of two cylinders
having left the engine and crossed the cap ". The following year, at 37 years, Rene Hanriot beats the record of the world speed on
road, with 128 km/h. He settles in the Châlons-on-Marne (many nant out of Champagne) where the roads are punts and all right: he
hopes to reach 180 km/h with a Darracq gross of 200 CH. Its copilot is not other than his son. In 1906, on Darracq of 120 CH, Rene
Hanriot finish second of the circuit of the Ardennes."

Editor's Note: This is a machine translation of the first paragraph in the original eleven page article, as you probably guessed. I am sorry I can't read French, but this will
serve as an introduction to this wonderful article on the life and career of Marcel. If you read French, you can access the original article by clicking on:

Paste the URL in the proper place. Set it to translate from French to English and click the button. It
will only translate about four of the eleven pages, but it is a whole lot better than nothing. It won't display the illustrations, so you will want
to visit the French version for them.

ONLINE RESOURCES

If you search the net using Google on "Marcel Hanriot", (9-19-08), you will find about 906 links, most of
them in French. I think the one above will satisfy many of your needs. If you have the time, and the interest, you visit the one cited
immediately below.

This series of articles on the Aerodrome Forum website is primarily devoted to the history of René Hanriot
and the the Hanriot aeroplanes, but because of Wagner's relationship with the company, offers many details of his career. If you don't
choose to read the entire series of articles, you may want to use the "FIND" function on Wagner so as not to miss any of the
occurences of his name.
You can access the site by clicking on the title above.

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You will find a wealth of material on Hanriot in this incredible resource. You can access it by clicking on the
title.

Marcel Hanriot died in 1961.

Editor's Note:
If you have any information on this pioneer aviator
please contact me.
E-mail to Ralph Cooper